About Gurpreet
“Sunny” Singh:

Entrepreneur. Philanthropist. Wellbeing Seeker. It was in the midst of building his healthcare technology company, Edifecs, that Sunny first realized something had to change. This business, which handles healthcare data for more than 350 insurers, clinics, hospitals, and employers around the world, gave him an inside view of “just how insidiously sick the Western model for healthcare is.” With its myopic focus on disease treatment, inflating costs and oftentimes making patients even sicker, “I realized the only way forward was to fix the system at its core, through lifestyle.”

That was the beginning of Sunny’s journey as a philanthropreneur, launching him on a unique path in the service of humanity as a pioneer in the wellness space. Believing that it’s incumbent upon the world’s business leaders to take ownership of a problem and fix it, Sunny’s mandate has since expanded beyond individual health with grassroots programs through his foundation, Roundglass, providing innovative solutions that cover every facet of wellbeing, including physical, mental, spiritual, financial, professional, social, community, and the environment. Notable among these programs are the Billion Tree project, which has thus far planted 2,092,848 trees across 1,320 villages in Punjab.

The Meta-Curator

Along the way, Sunny has become a self-described meta-curator of all things wellness. Sunny’s travels have taken him around the globe to learn and participate in wellness practices that only a fortunate few have the resources and access to experience. From yoga and meditation to reiki and sound healing, Sunny does it all.

His life’s mission? To share every single one of his steps to inspire and encourage others on their own path, making wellbeing accessible for everyone.

So what uniquely qualifies Sunny to spread this message? Why him? Just a poor kid from India, who “made good,” he arrived in America with just a few dollars in his pocket. After a few false starts in the corporate world, he founded his own company: Edifecs, a healthcare technology company. In 2020, Edifecs became a unicorn. Sunny sold his company and, now free from the chase, says, “My exit from the corporate world has opened my bandwidth to fulfil my ultimate purpose.”

To whom much is given, much is expected. Leveraging his unique position and connections in the world, he has revved up his wellness journey to warp speed, testing, sampling, and living the diverse aspects of wellbeing to share his knowledge with others. With the soul of an entrepreneur and the hands-on skills of an engineer, Sunny is driven to find, and implement, solutions to real-world problems from the ground, up. He dives in deep to connect with the best practitioners and experts around the world, then shares his experiences to the benefit of novice seekers who might otherwise waste time on false profits or unhealthy fads.

A Blueprint for Compassion

Giving is in Sunny’s DNA. His Punjabi Sikh parents, who would give their last rupees away to someone in need, sacrificed everything to ensure their children received the best education. After graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology, Sunny traveled to the U.S. with barely enough cash to pay for his Egg Mc-Muffin after sleeping on the floor of baggage claims at JFK airport. He was on his way to Montana State University, where he pursued a postgraduate degree, and earned double Masters degrees in engineering on a full scholarship.

A sought-after IT executive, Sunny’s early career included roles at Expeditors International and Microsoft. But he couldn’t resist the entrepreneur’s calling. In 1996, he founded Edifecs which, after surviving near bankruptcy and multiple economic headwinds, became global leader in the healthcare sector, improving more than 215 million lives.

Never one to rest on his laurels, this humble servant leader is eager for others to learn from his own missteps.

“We entrepreneurs tend to be so single-minded in our pursuit that our businesses become the favorite child, taking away from all other areas of life. Everything that happened until this point was meant to be, so I’m grateful even for the setbacks and heartbreaks.”

Still, by his late forties, the father of two faced physical, mental and emotional burnout and realized he needed a more balanced lifestyle. He committed himself to wellness practices and created Roundglass in 2014 – a social enterprise that works at the grassroots level in Punjab and focuses on everything from children’s education and sports training to female adolescent health. To date, his programs in India, built on education and empowering - have improved close to two million lives and 2,000 communities.

Sunny uses his entrepreneurial leadership skills to catalogue and disseminate the vital knowledge we need to become happier and healthier – individually, interpersonally, as community members, employees and souls on this planet. This interconnectedness is why he calls it “Wholistic Wellness.” Wholistic is spelled with a “W” because, “it’s about what constitutes a whole person in a whole society, existing on a whole planet, and bettering the world for the next generation.

Sunny believes wellbeing is a way of life, not a set of isolated practices. Yoga and meditation are part of his daily practice, as are eating mindfully, expressing gratitude, giving back, interacting with diverse people, and exploring different places and culture

Wellness Innovator

Sunny has leveraged his technological expertise to build the infrastructure and ecosystem that makes Wholistic Wellness accessible on a global scale. From a UPS driver in Arkansas contemplating a plant-based diet to a business executive in New York hoping to center herself through meditation, Sunny has created an app for that.

“Mine is a solutions-based approach to every facet of wellness. I always want to know: How can this work for me? How can this work for others? How can this make my world better?”

A Foot in Both Words

Sunny’s ability to bridge Eastern and Western cultures makes him the perfect messenger for Wholistic Wellness. He applies healthy skepticism and an analytical mind to discern what works, embracing a pragmatic approach to spirituality. Sunny believes in experimenting and using only what works best for the individual, emphasizing that dogmatism repels rather than attracts.

He helps his Indian brothers and sisters gain fresh insights and appreciation for their way of living while making ancient concepts exciting and relatable to Western audiences. This cultural duality enables him to see what others might miss and present a balanced view of wellness that integrates the best of both worlds.

A Spiritual Pragmatist

Sunny’s leadership in Wholistic Wellness is based on personal experience and extensive research. He sees himself as a fellow traveler rather than an expert, offering to share his roadmap, enabling individuals to be discerning in their own wellness journeys.

“Think of me as your guinea pig, testing, discovering, and presenting my vision of Wholistic Wellbeing based on the wisdom gathered throughout my life.” Rather than preach, he empowers. He shows rather than tells… “Coal-mine canary, brand ambassador, seeker on steroids…whatever you choose to call me, I aim to lead by example of what to do while openly acknowledging my own missteps so that you will know what not to do.”

Sunny’s Vision

Sunny believes that the authentic pursuit of Wholistic Wellbeing can lead to a quality of life that cannot be achieved through any other mean.

“My goal, my North Star, is to transform the lives of people everywhere by educating and enabling a healthier and more joyful world. The tools and techniques of Wholistic Wellbeing make us more productive, centred, and better people.”

“Wellness is more than just the pursuit of positive feelings. It’s about building a deeper connection with the world and interacting in meaningful ways with everyone and everything around you.”

A Sense of Urgency

Global events, like the pandemic, have instilled in Sunny a greater sense of urgency. He sees a profound crisis in the current state of our wellbeing.

“Physically, mentally, spiritually, we are all struggling. Too many have lost themselves on social media and dealt with their despair through drugs, overeating, and alcohol. Never in history have these two divergent paths of wellness and self-medication been thrown into such stark relief.”

But solving this crisis will require a seismic shift in our collective consciousness. It will take a proactive, innovative approach that fully integrates individual, community, and planetary health, aiming to create a better world for future generations. As the 17th Century English poet John Donne said, “No man is an island.” Or, as Sunny puts it, “We must think about our future as a species and the way we interact with each other and with the environment we have been damaging for generations. When the planet is suffering, Wholistic Wellbeing becomes impossible. At Roundglass, we view individuals as part of a fundamentally social environment, where the community and the planet supersede us. We need Wholistic Wellbeing to put the h Get in touch uman back into humanity.”